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MONDAY, 18 NOVEMBER 1996
Catalogue
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AFTERNOON SESSION AT 2.00 P.M. PRECISELY
(Lots 1 - 249)
PART ONE
(Lots 1 - 150)
SOUTH ASIA
(Lots 1 - 20)
a south indian, vijayanagar style, bronze figure of parvati
15TH/16TH CENTURY
细节
a south indian, vijayanagar style, bronze figure of parvati
15th/16th century
Standing in tribhanga on a lotus, on a square base, her right hand stretched downwards, her left raised and formerly holding the lotus stem, wearing pleated dhoti, sashes, breastband, armlets, ear rings, her face with almond-shaped eyes, aquiline nose, incised urna, conical-shaped jatamakuta, shaped-cakra behind, dark green patina
50 cm high
15th/16th century
Standing in tribhanga on a lotus, on a square base, her right hand stretched downwards, her left raised and formerly holding the lotus stem, wearing pleated dhoti, sashes, breastband, armlets, ear rings, her face with almond-shaped eyes, aquiline nose, incised urna, conical-shaped jatamakuta, shaped-cakra behind, dark green patina
50 cm high